Brain Injury

Brain Injury Litigation

A brain injury can leave a person and their family in turmoil. Beyond the obvious questions of how you will pay for expensive medical needs and lost wages, catastrophic brain injuries leave a lifetime of uncertainty in their wake.

Recognized for Excellence in Personal Injury Representation

At McNicholas & McNicholas, LLP, we have helped brain injury victims throughout Southern California obtain the compensation they need. Our attorneys have been recognized by professional legal organizations for the quality of their practice and listed in best-of lists for lawyers in Southern California. We have also received the highest possible rating by Martindale-Hubbell (AV)* for excellence in legal ability and our commitment to ethical practice.

Since we accept brain injury cases on a contingency fee basis, fees are not collected until a result is obtained. We are able to shoulder the burden of significant injury cases with the resources and experience necessary to fully meet the needs of brain injury clients.

Our lawyers have a record of success in obtaining results for brain injury victims, including a $9 million award to a 28-year-old who recovered against an international company for brain injury suffered as a passenger in a single-vehicle accident.

We have handled head trauma and brain injury cases as a result of:

A Law Firm With the Resources to Handle Major Brain Injury Cases

Contact our office today if you or a family member has suffered a catastrophic or debilitating brain injury.

*CV, BV, and AV are registered certification marks of Reed Elsevier Properties Inc., used in accordance with the Martindale-Hubbell certification procedures, standards, and policies.

Martindale-Hubbell is the facilitator of a peer review rating process. Ratings reflect the confidential opinions of members of the Bar and the judiciary. Martindale-Hubbell ratings fall into two categories - legal ability and general ethical standards.

$10,800,000
Sexual abuse of a male minor
by a male coach
$10,048,000
Laborer injured right thigh & knee on
construction job requiring internal hardware
$9,000,000
26-year-old plaintiff recovered against
international company for a brain injury
$8,000,000
25 tenants subjected to slumlord
and uninhabitable conditions
$6,500,000
Subway tunnel worker killed
in a workplace accident
$5,430,000
First African-American member of LAPD bomb
squad discriminated against because of his race
$5,000,000
Wrongful death of individual with three
heirs in vehicle accident
$3,603,000
Verdict for LAPD K9 Bomb Unit dog handler was
retaliated against for standing-up for the lone
female in the Unit who was harassed and discriminated against (click here)
$2,200,000
16-year-old special education student recovered
against LAUSD for being sexually assaulted
$1,750,000
Jury verdict in favor of passengers injured
in an elevator crash

John, Patrick and Matthew McNicholas were named as Super Lawyers in 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 and 2009.

John McNicholas was named to the Top 100 Lawyers in California in 2007 and 2008, and Patrick McNicholas was named to the Top 100 Lawyers in California in 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 and 2009.

John, Patrick, and Matthew are all members of the American Board of Trial Advocates an organization based on trial experience.